>>THE GOVERNOR HITS THE ROAD.
WHY MIKE PENCE IS ALREADY
CONDUCTING CAMPAIGN RALLIES
STATEWIDE.
WHEN DONALD TRUMP CONSIDERS A
RUNNING MATE, WILL HE THINK OF
PENCE OR DAN COATS?
INDIANA REPUBLICANS WARM UP TO
TRUMP, THE SELECTION OF A NEW
STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, AND
A TRUE OUTSIDER RUNNING FOR
CONGRESS IN FORT WAYNE.
THAT, PLUS PREPARATIONS FOR THE
100TH RUNNING OF THE 500 AND
MORE ON INDIANA WEEK IN REVIEW
FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 13,
2016.
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>>THIS WEEK, MIKE PENCE HIT THE
ROAD SPELLING ON A 4-DAY
CAMPAIGN SWING.
HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT JOBS AND
THE ECONOMY AND HE'S DOING HIS
BEST TO TIE HIS RECORD TO THAT
OF MITCH DANIELS, HIS POPULAR
PREDECESSOR.
PENCE IS TRAVELING IN A CAMPAIGN
BUS ALONG WITH SUPPORTERS AND
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ERIC
HOLCOMB.
IT'S AN UNUSUAL TRIP GIVEN THAT
THE NOVEMBER ELECTION IS STILL
ALMOST 6 MONTHS AWAY.
HE IS TALKING ABOUT HIS RECORD
BUT HE'S ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE
RECORD OF JOHN GREGG.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE.
>>GOV. PENCE: SPEAKER JOHN GREGG
TOOK INDIANA FROM A $2 BILLION
SURPLUS TO $800 MILLION IN
DEFICIT.
WHERE WE'VE CUT TAXES EVERY YEAR
I'VE BEEN YOUR GOVERNOR.
SPEAKER JOHN GREGG VOTED TO
RAISE TAXES.
>> I HAVE NEVER DONE A POLITICAL
PROTEST UNTIL TODAY.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AND HE'S
DROVE ME TO THIS.
>>AND THAT'S ONE OF ABOUT A
DOZEN PROTESTERS WHO GREETED THE
GOVERNOR.
THEY OBJECT TO HIS POSITIONS ON
SOCIAL ISSUES, INCLUDING
ABORTION AND LGBT RIGHTS.
WHAT'S BEHIND THE PENCE
STRATEGY?
IT'S THE FIRST QUESTION FOR OUR
INDIANA WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL
DEMOCRAT ANN DELANEY, REPUBLICAN
MIKE MCDANIEL, JON SCHWANTES,
THE HOST OF INDIANA LAWMAKERS
AND.
JOHN KETZENBERGER, PRESIDENT OF
THE INDIANA FISCAL POLICY
INSTITUTE.
I'M WISH-TV STATEHOUSE REPORTER
JIM SHELLA.
ANN DELANEY, WILL THIS ENERGIZE
REPUBLICANS?
>> HE HAS TO BRING REPUBLICANS
BACK IN THE FOLD FIRST.
ALL THE EMPHASIS EATS PUT ON
SOCIAL ISSUES THAT MITCH DANIELS
DID NOT WANT TO TOUCH DURING HIS
YEARS IN OFFICE, ALL THE DAMAGE
SHE'S DONE TO INDIANA AND HE
COMES BACK IN ONCE TO TALK ABOUT
JOBS.
HE WAS UP IN KOKOMO ONE OF THE
AUTOMOTIVE PLANTS AND HE VOTED
AGAINST THE MONEY TO HELP THE
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IN INDIANA.
HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
PRESCHOOL.
HE TURNED DOWN $80 MILLION IN
FEDERAL FUNDS.
OUR TAX MONEY FOR PRESCHOOLS AND
ON AND ON AND ON.
HIS RECORD HAS BEEN SO ABYSMAL
IN THAT REGARD AND IT'S NOT
SIMPLY CHARGE -- JOBS.
MITCH DANIELS SAID THE ONLY
MEASURE SUCCESS IS GROWTH IN
PERSONAL INCOME AND PERSONAL
INCOME HAS SHRUNK UNDER HIS
WATCH.
YOU TOLD US UP AS AN EXAMPLE
WITH STATES LIKE NORTH CAROLINA,
BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT.
>> I WAS INTERESTED IN THE FACT
THAT HE'S GOING AFTER JOHN GREGG
AND TRYING TO TIE HIMSELF TO
MISS -- MITCH DANIELS.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING HE DID FOUR
YEARS AGO.
>> I THINK IT IS FOR GAME ON.
I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT THAT THE
PUBLIC ATTENTION SPAN ON
ELECTIONS DOES NOT STOP ON
PRIMARY DAY.
PEOPLE ARE STILL PAYING
ATTENTION AFTERWARDS, BUT NO ONE
IS RUNNING COMMERCIALS
IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS SO IT'S
SMART TO START NOW AND START
LAYING THE FOUNDATION ABOUT THE
MESSAGE.
HE HAS A GREAT MESSAGE ON JOBS.
THE COMMERCIALS THEY PUT OUT
THERE ARE ONE OF THE BEST I'VE
SEEN IN A LONG TIME, PROBABLY AS
GOOD AS I'VE SEEN IN MOURNING IN
AMERICA STUFF.
THE QUALITY.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT'S AN
AD FOR MORNINGS NEWSCAST.
>> THEY ARE RUNNING A LOT OF IT
AND IT IS WORKING AND IT'S A
GOOD MESSAGE.
SO IT'S SMART TO DO IT NOW
BEFORE THE CLUTTER OF THE
NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND THE
OLYMPICS AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF
WHEN NOBODY ELSE IS OUT THERE
AND IT IS A GOOD THING FOR HIM
TO BE OUT THERE DOING IT NOW.
I AM ENERGIZED BY THIS THING.
I THINK THEY WILL HAVE A GREAT
CAMPAIGN.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THEY
WILL HIT IT HEAD ON AND THEY
NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY SIT
BACK LIKE THEY DID LAST TIME AND
JUST ALLOW PEOPLE TO BEAT ON
THEM WITHOUT RESPONDING, JOHN
GREGG, THERE IS A CONTRAST HERE.
BIG-TIME DEFICITS, [OVERLAPPING
SPEAKERS]
>> [OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> [OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> LET'S TURN THIS ONE TO JOHN
BECAUSE WHAT MIKE PENCE IS DOING
IF HE IS ATTACHING A BANG AND
STRECKER TO JOHN GREGG AND HE
WAS SPEAKER AT THE TIME, BUT
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
EVERYTHING THEN WAS APPROVED BY
A REPUBLICAN STATE SENATE.
>> I THINK MAYBE INSTEAD OF A
BUS IT COULD BE AN AMBULANCE OR
A MOBILE CLINIC BECAUSE THIS IS
HEALTH CARE INITIATIVE IN THAT
IT'S AN INOCULATION TIME.
PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE.
IT'S CLEAR THAT JOHN GREGG --
IT'S CLEAR WHAT HE DID BECAUSE
HE DID IT 4 YEARS AGO.
THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT WE
KNOW WHERE HE -- WHAT HE CENTS
IS THE WEAKNESS IN TERMS OF THE
SOCIAL ISSUES AND SO FORTH SO
THE BEST WAY IN REFERENCE TO
PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE, AND NOT
DELAYED AND YOU GO OUT BY
TALKING WHAT I THINK EVERYBODY
STIPULATES IS ON THE MINDS OF
VOTERS NOT JUST IN INDIANA AND
EVERYWHERE, WHICH IS WHY IT MAY
EXPLAIN TO A CERTAIN EXTENT
DONALD TROP.
>> IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY.
>> ECONOMIC ANXIETY SO THE WAY
TO INOCULATE SO THAT WHEN JOHN
GREGG START LEVELING CRITICISM,
PEOPLE AND THE COUNTIES HAVE HAD
A CHANCE TO SAY THAT
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> JOHN KETZENBERGER, WHERE IS
JOHN GREGG?
>> I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD
QUESTION.
JOHN GREGG DID HAVE A COMMERCIAL
THAT WAS RELEASED ON THE
INTERNET THE DAY AFTER --
>> TELEVISION TWO DAYS AFTER THE
PRIMARY AND TWO DAYS BEFORE THE
GOVERNOR.
>> I'VE YET TO SEE IT ON
TELEVISION.
I'VE SEEN THE PENCE AT ALL OVER
THE TELEVISION BUT NOT THE JOHN
GREGG AND YET.
THE QUESTION IS WHERE IS JOHN
GREGG AND JOHN GREGG HAS RUN, I
THINK TO THIS POINT RAISED A LOT
OF MONEY AND LET THE GOVERNOR
MAYBE PUT SOME IN HARMS WAY
REGARDING THE ISSUES, BUT HE
NEEDS TO MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN AT
THIS POINT, BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR
WILL DEFINE HIM IF HE DOES NOT
DEFINE HIMSELF FIRST
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> THE OTHER THING THAT'S
INTERESTING IS MIKE PRINCE HAS
BROKEN HIS PROMISE ALREADY
BECAUSE HE STARTED THAT NEGATIVE
CAMPAIGNING.
>> YES, HE HAS!
>> IT'S NOT NEGATIVE
CAMPAIGNING!
>> I WILL NEVER DO ANOTHER
NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN IN MY LIFE!
I'LL NEVER DO IT AGAIN!
>> I THINK YOU'RE JUMPING THE
GUN!
>> [OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> GOING TO BREAK HIS THUMB!
>>>TIME NOW FOR VIEWER FEEDBACK.
EACH WEEK WE POSE AN
UNSCIENTIFIC, ONLINE POLL
QUESTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR
ICEMILLER E-MAIL AND TEXT
ALERTS.
THIS WEEK'S QUESTION: WHY IS
MIKE PENCE CONDUCTING CAMPAIGN
RALLIES SO EARLY?
A. IT MAKES SENSE
B. HE'S RUNNING SCARED
C. BECAUSE HE CAN
LAST WEEK'S QUESTION: WHAT IS
THE MOST LASTING IMAGE FROM THE
INDIANA PRIMARY?
A. HEIDI CRUZ BEING ELBOWED IN
24 PERCENT SAID
THE FACE
B. CARLY FIORINA FALLING OFF A
,34 PERCENT SAID CARLY FEED
ARENA.
34 PERCENT SAID
STAGE
C. DONALD TRUMP YELLING AT
PROTESTERS
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PART
IN THE POLL GO TO WFYI.ORG/IWIR
AND LOOK FOR THE POLL.
>>DAN COATS AND MIKE PENCE ARE
DISMISSING SPECULATION THAT ONE
OF THEM COULD BECOME DONALD
TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE.
PEOPLE ARE DROPPING THEIR NAMES
BECAUSE THEY HAVE QUALITIES THAT
MATCH THE CRITERIA DONALD TRUMP
HAS ESTABLISHED.
TRUMP WANTS A RUNNING MATE WHO
IS A POLITICIAN WITH WASHINGTON
EXPERIENCE.
POLITICO.COM QUOTED GOP INSIDERS
AS SAYING THAT TENNESSEE SENATOR
BOB CORKER IS A GOOD PICK BUT
THEY NAMED COATS SECOND.
THE WEBSITE QUOTED A LONGTIME
FRIEND OF COATS SAYING THAT
"EVERYONE LOVES HIM.
HE'S A GOVERNING CHOICE.
CLEAN AS A WHISTLE."
THE SAME ARTICLE CITED A SOURCE
WHO SAID THAT PENCE HAS RECEIVED
VETTING OVERTURES FROM TRUMP
TOWER.
8 DAYS AGO I ASKED TRUMP ABOUT
THE PENCE ENDORSEMENT OF TED
CRUZ.
HERE'S HIS ANSWER FOLLOWED BY A
NEW PENCE ENDORSEMENT OF TRUMP.
>>DONALD TRUMP: I THINK MIKE
PENCE DOES WANT ME AND I LIKE
MIKE PENCE.
>>GOV. PENCE: I THINK DONALD
TRUMP WILL DO VERY WELL IN THE
HOOSIER STATE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CAMPAIGNING
WITH HIM IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
>>SEN. COATS: THEY WANT A
CONVERSATION AND NOT A BOMBAST
AND DONALD ALWAYS SEEMS TO TAKE
IT ONE STEP TOO FAR.
>>AND THAT'S COATS LAST YEAR
CRITICIZING THE WAY TRUMP
ADDRESSES THE VOTERS.
MIKE MCDANIEL, IS THE POLITICO
STORY BASED ON FANTASY?
>> WHEN I SAW THIS STORY, I LOVE
IT BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE THEY
ARE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN
JUST ABOUT EVERY STATE.
ONE OF THE BEST STRATEGIES YOU
COULD HAVE IS PUT OUT A COUPLE
OF NAMES IN EVERY STATE, SO
PEOPLE THINK OUR GUY IS BEING
CONSIDERED FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
>> IN THAT CASE OF DAN COACH A
PRISTINE RECORD AS SENATOR, AND
AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY AND SO --
>> BUT HE ISSUED A STATEMENT,
HE.
>> [OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> HE'S READY TO RETIRE.
>> I DISMISS THESE STORIES
BECAUSE I AM SURE THEY DO THIS
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY SO THAT
SOMEBODY CAN SAY OUR GUY IS
BEING CONSIDERED FOR VICE
PRESIDENT.
>> ONLY FIVE NAMES MENTIONED IN
THIS ARTICLE.
>> I DO THINK THEY WANT SOMEBODY
WHO HAS SOME WASHINGTON
EXPERIENCE.
>> THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT TRUMP.
>> I WOULD THINK WE WOULD LOOK
AT SOMEBODY LIKE SOMEONE FROM
OHIO OR MAYBE EVEN SOMEBODY
THAT'S BEEN THERE DONE THAT.
SOMEBODY LIKE NEWT GINGRICH
SOMEBODY THAT COULD COME ALONG
THAT KNOWS WASHINGTON CAN GET
SOME STUFF DONE.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK THEY WILL
DO.
>> PENCE SAID I HAVE NO ELECTION
-- NO INTEREST IN THAT.
>> HE DOESN'T WANT TO LOSE TWO
ELECTIONS IN ONE NIGHT.
>> HE'S OUT HERE ENDORSING TRUMP
AND WITH HIS POSITION ON MUSLIMS
AND ON IMMIGRANTS AND HE'S WITH
TRUMP'S POSITION ON ABORTION.
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
WHAT IS THE QUESTION?
>> JOHN CRAIG.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, ANYBODY WHO
THINKS WE ARE GOING TO GO
RETROFIT ALL OF OUR UTILITIES
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> YOU CAN TELL [OVERLAPPING
SPEAKERS]
>> I PERSONALLY THINK THAT DAN
COATS IS OUT OF THE QUESTION
HERE, BUT IS DONALD TRUMP CALLED
MIKE PENCE AND SAID WILL YOU BE
MY RUNNING MATE, WHAT WOULD HE
SAY?
>> THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING
CALL.
IT WOULD BE HARD TO SAY NO.
>> I THINK THE ANSWER IS
CLEARLY, YES.
THE PERSON WHO'S BEEN NOMINATED
TO BE PRESIDENT CALLS AND AS YOU
TO BE VICE PRESIDENT YOU WILL
SAY YES.
>> BIDEN IS ON RECORD AS SAYING
HE WOULD SAY YES I HAVE HEARD
HOWEVER THERE WAS A THIRD
HOOSIER WHO WAS MENTIONED ON
THAT LIST.
REX HURLEY.
SOMEBODY ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE
THIS WEEK SAID HE COULD CHARM
THE SCALES OFF A SNAKE.
>> AND PROBABLY HAS ON MORE THAN
ONE OCCASION.
[LAUGHING]
>> THE NAME GAME, DOES IT HELP
OR HURT THESE GUYS?
>> IT IS FUN.
IT'S KIND OF SPECULATION BUT I
DOUBT IT WILL BE ANYBODY WHO HAS
BEEN MENTIONED AND AN OBVIOUS.
, AND I'M SOMEWHAT FACETIOUS,
BUT NOT ENTIRELY.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMEBODY AT
CAPITOL HILL EXPERIENCE WHO HAS
A PROFILE AND AN ABILITY TO
MOTIVATE VOTERS, BERNIE SANDERS
AND I'M ONLY BEING SOMEWHAT
FACETIOUS BECAUSE --
>> HE'S NOT GOING WITH DONALD
TROP!
>> IF YOU HAVE THE SAME TARGET
AUDIENCE.
>> BERNIE WOULD NOT TAKE THE
CALL.
>> VOTERS SAID THEY WOULD NOT
VOTE FOR HILLARY.
>> THAT WOULD BE A FORMIDABLE
TICKET I'M TELLING YOU.
>>>THE INDIANA TRUMP CAMPAIGN
DID LITTLE OUTREACH TO PARTY
LEADERS IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY
THIRD PRIMARY HERE.
THEY ARE LINING UP ENDORSEMENTS
NOW AND PLAN TO REVEAL THEM
SOON.
WHEN DONALD TRUMP CONDUCTED
RALLIES HERE HE RELIED ON
CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS.
STATE REPRSENTATIVE SEAN
EBERHART WAS THE HIGHEST ELECTED
OFFICIAL TO APPEAR ON STAGE.
SINCE THEN THE GOVERNOR HAS
ENDORSED TRUMP AND TRUMP INDIANA
VICE CHAIR TONY SAMUEL SAYS THAT
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND PARTY
LEADERS WILL FOLLOW SUIT.
>>TONY SAMUEL: THROUGHOUT THE
MONTH OF APRIL WE HAD MORE THAT
JOINED AND NOW WE HAVE EVEN MORE
AFTER THE PRIMARY THAT ARE
SIGNING UP.
>>SHELLA: THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ENDORSED YOU DON'T INCLUDE
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OR THE U.S.
SENATE.
>>DONALD TRUMP: WELL, I HAVE HAD
SOME.
>>SHELLA: FROM INDIANA.
>>TRUMP: I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT.
>>DAN QUAYLE: I HOPE THOSE THAT
HAVE SAID THEY WON'T SUPPORT HIM
NOW WOULD RECONSIDER AND BEFORE
THEY CAST THEIR VOTE ON ELECTION
DAY IN NOVEMBER WOULD END UP
VOTING FOR HIM.
>>AND THAT'S FORMER INDIANA
SENATOR AND VICE PRESIDENT DAN
QUAYLE WHO SAYS THE GOP NEEDS TO
UNITE BEHIND TRUMP.
JOHN KETZENBERGER, WILL INDIANA
REPUBLICANS UNITE BEHIND TRUMP?
>> IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING
TO SEE.
THERE ARE SOME VERY STRONG
FEELINGS THAT WERE EXPRESSED
BEFORE THE ELECTION AGAINST
TRUMP.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LONG
HELD REPUBLICAN CREDENTIALS AND
THEY TEND TO BE REPUBLICANS WHO
ARE NOT VERY FAR RIGHT.
THEY ARE CONSERVATIVE.
THEY ARE MODERATE MORE THAN
LIKELY ON SOCIAL ISSUES AND I
THINK THEY HAVE A PHILOSOPHICAL
PROBLEM WITH DONALD TRUMP, SO
WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE
THEY GO.
I CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TIME
BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, BUT I
THINK IT'S A REAL DILEMMA FOR A
LOT OF REPUBLICANS IN THE STATE.
>> THE MIKE PENCE ENDORSEMENT
DOES THAT ENCOURAGE OTHER
LEADERS TO COME ALONG?
>> IF YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED,
THEN YOU WANT TO ENDORSE
SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING AND YOU
ARE A REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT, I
GUESS THAT IS PRETTY MUCH YOUR
ONLY OPTION BUT YOU CAN'T REALLY
PREDICT AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE
EVEN IN A TRADITIONAL YEAR WHERE
THE -- BY THAT I MEAN THAT
CANDIDATES ARE BUTTONED DOWN AND
THEY ARE ON MESSAGE AND THEY
DON'T HAVE ANY SURPRISE.
THAT FILL OUT THE WINDOW.
SO TO SAY IT'S A LONG TIME
BETWEEN NOW AND ELECTION DAY
WOULD BE STANDARD AND
APPROPRIATE FOR ANY ELECTION
CYCLE THIS YEAR.
NEXT WEEK WOULD BE TOO LONG TO
PROTECT.
>> YOU WERE A JOHN KASICH GUY.
ARE YOU GOING TO GET ON BOARD?
>> I WOULD VOTE FOR HILLARY
CLINTON.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME.
THEY WILL COME AROUND AND
SUPPORT THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
I THINK THAT WILL NOT BE A
PROBLEM BEFORE IT'S OVER BECAUSE
HILLARY IS A LIGHTNING ROD FOR
SO MANY PEOPLE.
SHE IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE
HAVE GOING FOR US FRANKLY,
BECAUSE.
>> WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT A
MISOGYNIST.
>> MY GENDER.
>> BEAT HILLARY EVERY TIME.
>> WE WILL SEE.
WE WILL SEE.
>>>MIKE PENCE'S CHOICE TO FILL A
VACANCY ON THE STATE SUPREME
COURT IS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF
THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY, A GROUP
OF CONSERVATIVES AND
LIBERTARIANS WHO BELIEVE IN
LIMITED GOVERNMENT.
HE'S ALSO A PARTNER IN THE TAFT
LAW FIRM.
GOEFFREY SLAUGHTER WAS ONE OF
THREE FINALISTS CHOSEN BY THE
JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION.
HE HAS NO JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
BUT THE GOVERNOR SELECTED HIM
OVER TWO SITTING JUDGES.
HE WILL FILL THE VACANCY CREATED
BY THE RETIREMENT OF JUSTICE
BRENT DICKSON.
>>I'M NOT REPLACING JUSTICE
DICKSON, NOBODY CAN DO THAT, I'M
MERELY SUCCEEDING HIM BUT I'LL
DO MY BEST TO LIVE UP TO THE
VALUES OF PROFESSIONALISM AND
CIVILITY FOR WHICH HE'S SO WELL
KNOWN.
THROUGHOUT HIS NEARLY 30 YEAR
LEGAL CAREER GEOFF HAS
DEMONSTRATED A FIRST-RATE LEGAL
INTELLECT, AN UNPARALELED
UNDERSTANDING OF THE
CONSTITUTION AND ANTI-TRUST LAW.
>>JON SCHWANTES, IS THAT A
SURPRISING CHOICE?
>> I GUESS YOU MIGHT ASSUME THAT
SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN A SITTING
JUDGE MIGHT HAVE AN ADVANTAGE
BUT THE ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THE
INDIANA SYSTEM AND I WILL SAY
THIS, I LIKE THE WAY THE
JUDICIARY OPERATES IN THE STATE.
YOU DON'T HAVE ELECTED
JUDGESHIPS AT THE APPELLATE AND
SUPREME COURT LEVEL WHICH I'M
THANKFUL FOR.
I THINK THAT LEADS TO SOME BAD
THINGS AND THE WAY INDIANA SENDS
A NOMINEE TO THE GOVERNOR AND
ULTIMATELY IT'S THE GOVERNOR'S.
BUT THE GOVERNOR IS PICKING HIM
ON THREE VERY QUALIFIED PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN VETTED AND BEEN
SUBJECTED TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY AND
PUBLIC INTERVIEWS, SO THAT YOU
ARE NOT REALLY GOING TO GET A
BAD APPLE ONE WOULD PRESUME IN
THE INDIANA SYSTEM.
>> SO DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN
RAISING CAIN SAY SINCE THE
PRESIDENT'S NOMINEE FOR THE
SUPREME COURT IS NOT CONSIDERED
THAT MIKE PENCE SHOULD NOT HAVE
ACTED AND HIS RESPONSE IS STATE
LAW REQUIRES ME TO FILL A
VACANCY WITHIN 60 DAYS AND IF I
DON'T DO IT THE CHIEF JUSTICE
DOES.
IS THAT AN ADEQUATE ANSWER?
>> YES.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE CASE.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION
OF DEMOCRATS WHO SEE A SIMILAR
PARALLEL SITUATION.
BUT THAT IS IN MATERIAL WHEN IT
COMES TO FILLING INDIANA SUPREME
COURT.
I THINK JEFFREY SLAUGHTER, AS
JOHN SAID, ALL CANDIDATES
WOULD'VE BEEN TERRIFIC.
IS A TERRIFIC CHOICE AND HE HAS
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND HE'S
WORKED WITH PEOPLE ON ALL SIDES
IN ALL ISSUES AND I THINK ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT WAS A BENEFIT
FOR HIM OVER THE JUDGES THAT
WERE THE FINALIST AS HE HAD
EXTENSIVE TRIAL EXPERIENCE IN
CIVIL LITIGATION AND I THINK
THERE IS A PERCEPTION THAT IS
LACKING WITH JUSTICE DICKSON
RETIRING FROM THE COURT AND SOME
CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE COMING IN
THE NEXT FEW YEARS THAT THAT WAS
A PARTICULAR STRENGTH OF HIS
CASE THIS TIME.
>> WASN'T HIS FIRST CHOICE?
>> I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT
CHOICE.
I AGREE THE FRUSTRATION IS THERE
BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS WILL NOT
DO THEIR JOB.
THEY JUST THROW THAT OUT, BUT I
THINK HE'S A GOOD CHOICE AND I
THINK FRANKLY, THE LACK OF
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE IS A PLUS.
PART OF THE PROBLEM WHEN YOU
PRACTICE IN THE COURTS IN
INDIANA IS TOO MANY JUDGES GET
ELEVATED AND PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY
PRACTICE UNDER THE RULE FOR
THOSE ADOPTED DON'T GET A
SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF
CONSIDERATION WHETHER THEY ARE
WORKING IN AN EFFICIENT FASHION,
SO HAVING A PRACTITIONER ON THE
COURT, I THINK IS A REAL
ADVANTAGE.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE A LOW-KEY
ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> OUR SYSTEM WORKS VERY WELL
BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR HAS TO PICK
BETWEEN THE THREE PEOPLE THAT
ARE GIVEN TO HIM AND IT HAS BEEN
TALKED ABOUT FOR MONTHS AND
MONTHS.
WHEN YOU SIT A LOW-KEY
ANNOUNCEMENT, I'M NOT SO SURE
THE PUBLIC HAS PAID ENOUGH
ATTENTION TO WHERE IT'S EVER
REALLY A BIG TIME NEWS AND
EVENTS COMING SITUATION.
RUSH, BEING THE WOMAN WHO IS NOW
THE CHIEF JUSTICE --
>> THE ONLY WOMAN.
>> THAT WAS A BIG-TIME
ANNOUNCEMENT AT A NICE.
>> NICE IF THEY HAD MORE WOMEN.
>> SLAUGHTER WAS A FINALIST LAST
TIME.
>> HE'S GREAT, NO QUESTION ABOUT
IT, BUT WE STILL NEED MORE
DIVERSITY.
>> THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NO
BALLOON DROP AND RALLY OR IS A
GOOD THING ABOUT THE INDIANA
SYSTEM IT'S DONE IN A QUIET AND
DELIBERATIVE MANNER AND THAT'S
THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT.
>>>HERE'S AN ELECTION DAY STORY
WE NEED TO CATCH UP WITH.
IN THE CASE OF THE OUTSIDER, THE
WINNER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
IN THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT IS A TRUE OUTSIDER.
TOMMY SCHRADER LIVES IN A HOTEL
IN FORT WAYNE AND SAYS THAT
POLITICS IS IN HIS BLOOD.
HE'S A HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT WHO
IS CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED.
NEVERTHELESS, HE BELIEVES HE CAN
DEFEAT REPUBLICAN JIM BANKS IN
NOVEMBER.
>>TOMMY SCHRADER: WE PAY OUR
TAXES.
WE DON'T CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS AND
HAVE A COUPLE OF BEERS.
I SMOKE CIGARETTES.
I KNOW IT'S NOT GOOD FOR MY
HEALTH BUT I'M NOT SOME PRUDE OR
>> DEFINITELY NOT A PRUDE.
>>ANN DELANEY, WHAT ARE HIS
CHANCES?
>> I'M GOING TO GO WAY OUT ON A
LIMB AND SAY THE REPUBLICANS
WILL HOLD THE DISTRICT.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE DISTRICTS
WHO ARE SO GERRYMANDERED THAT
NOBODY WITH THE INTELLIGENCE AND
THE FORTITUDE AND RESOURCES WILL
TAKE ON A CONTEXT IN THAT
DISTRICT.
IT'S NOT WINNABLE FOR DEMOCRATS
AND THAT'S A DISADVANTAGE FOR
BOTH FOR THE VOTERS EVEN THE
MAJORITY OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS
IT'S A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE YOU
DON'T GET THE GIVE AND TAKE.
>> DID THE DEMOCRATS CHOOSE NOT
TO COMPETE?
>> BASICALLY, YES.
>> JIM BANKS IS GOING TO
CONGRESS.
>> THE THIRD DISTRICT IS CLEARLY
A REPUBLICAN DISTRICT JUST LIKE
THE FIRST DISTRICT IS
REPUBLICAN.
THERE ONLY 2 DISTRICTS THEY WILL
COMPETE IN THIS FALL AND THAT'S
LAKE COUNTY AND MARION COUNTY
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> WHY I DON'T BECAUSE I DON'T
THINK BILL WILL PUT $2 MILLION
UP THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO
COMPETE.
>> SO HE WILL BUY HIS SEAT AND
THE NOMINEE.
>> HE WILL BE THE WINNER.
YOU WILL NOT SPEND $2 MILLION
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> DOES THIS SUGGEST THERE IS
SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM?
>> YES.
>> I JUST COMPLEMENTED --
>> ANYBODY WHO IS A RESIDENT
OF INDIANA CAN FILE TO RUN FOR
CONGRESS.
>> I WILL GO A DIFFERENT
DIRECTION.
THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE PARTY.
YOU WERE BLAMING THE PARTY FOR
NOT BEING ENGAGED.
I WILL BLAME THE ELECTRIC
BECAUSE THIS IS A PATTERN
INDIANA AND OTHER STATES HAVE
SEEN GOING BACK 100 PLUS YEARS
WERE YOU HAD A NAME ISSUE WHERE
IF IT'S A FAMILIAR NAME AND
THAT'S A FAMILIAR NAME IN THAT
PART OF THE STATE WHERE YOU HAVE
AN AUCTION HOUSE THAT'S BEEN
AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND NO
RELATIONSHIP BUT PEOPLE -- AND
WE'VE SEEN IT IN OTHER RACES.
THAT MIGHT BE MY COUSIN, SECOND
COUSIN OR THIRD COUSIN, WHICH IS
A REAL INDICTMENT OF THE
SERIOUSNESS WITH WHICH VOTERS
TAKE THEIR OBLIGATION TO CAST
INTELLIGENT VOTE.
>> THE PROBLEM IS
GERRYMANDERING.
GO OUT ON A LIMP.
>> THESE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
ARE SO MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE
ONES THAT WERE ON BOARD.
WHEN MONTICELLO ALTHOUGH AARON
MARION COUNTY.
>> IT SHOULD BE DRAWN BY
COMMISSION THE SAME WAY THAT
CITY COUNCILS DONE BY COMPUTER.
OR WORKED ON BY COMPUTER.
>> WILL THIS BE THE LAST TIME WE
TALK ABOUT TOM SCHRADER?
>> I HOPE, SO.
>>>FINALLY, THE PREPARATIONS
CONTINUE FOR THE 100TH RUNNING
OF THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 LATER
THIS MONTH.
THIS WEEK, REIGNING INDYCAR
SERIES CHAMP SCOTT DIXON PLACED
THE OFFICIAL "INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR
SPEEDWAY" LETTERING ABOVE THE
NEW GATE ONE ENTRYWAY.
IT MARKS THE COMPLETION OF THE
NEW GATE ONE PLAZA.
IT'S A PART OF PROJECT 100 WHICH
REPRESENTS AN INVESTMENT OF MORE
THAN $90 MILLION IN THE FAN
EXPERIENCE AT IMS AHEAD OF THE
100TH RUNNING.
MIKE MCDANIEL, WILL THIS MEET
EXPECTATIONS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THEY'VE SOLD IT OUT.
IT WILL BE THE BIGGEST CROP
THEY'VE HAD IN OVER 25 YEARS.
THE IMPROVEMENTS THEY ARE MAKING
THERE WILL TAKE IT WELL INTO THE
NEXT CENTURY AND YOU WILL HAVE
PEOPLE COMING BACK BECAUSE OF
THE CHANGES THEY ARE MAKING
THERE AND IT IS JUST FANTASTIC.
WE ARE IN FOR A GREAT
EXPERIENCE.
>> WILL BE 500 RESTORE LOST
LUSTER OVER TIME?
>> I HOPE, SO.
I JUST HOPE THE WEATHER WILL
HOLD.
I HOPE WE CAN GET RID OF THE
RAIN BECAUSE MIKE IS RIGHT, THE
IMPROVEMENTS THEY'VE MADE ARE
PHENOMENAL AND IT'S GOING TO BE
A VERY, VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR
THE FANS.
>> IT'S THE GREATEST SPECTACLE
IN RACING.
THE PLACE IS JUST AWESOME.
WHEN YOU GO INTO THE SPEEDWAY,
IT'S INCREDIBLE HOW IT FEELS AND
WHEN IT COMES ALIVE WITH THE
CARS AND THE PEOPLE, KNOW BETTER
EXPERIENCE.
>> THAT IS NOT WHAT REALLY
MATTERS, THE TRADITION AND IT'S
A NICE ATMOSPHERE FOR THE
TRADITION BUT IT'S THE FACT THAT
YOU SEE THE BALLOONS AND YOU
HEAR IN INDIANA, GENTLEMEN AND
LADIES START YOUR ENGINES.
IT DOES NOT MATTER -- THAT'S
WHAT'S SPECIAL.
>> THE KENTUCKY DERBY PALES IN
COMPARISON.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>>>THAT'S INDIANA WEEK IN REVIEW
FOR THIS WEEK.
OUR PANEL IS; DEMOCRAT ANN
DELANEY,
REPUBLICAN MIKE MCDANIEL.
JON SCHWANTES OF INDIANA
LAWMAKERS AND
JOHN KETZENBERGER OF THE INDIANA
FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE
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